In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths about why top sportsmen excel. Along the way Epstein exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success. He show...(展开全部)

In this ground-breaking and entertaining exploration of athletic success, award-winning writer David Epstein gets to the heart of the great nature vs. nurture debate, and explodes myths about why top sportsmen excel. Along the way Epstein exposes the flaws in the so-called 10,000-hour rule that states that rigorous practice from a young age is the only route to success. He show...(展开全部)

大卫•爱普斯坦（David Epstein） 现在是ProPublica的一名调查记者。他曾是《体育画报》的资深作家，专攻体育新闻和相关的科学问题，曾报道众多体育重大新闻，荣获2010年美国职业记者协会的“最后期限俱乐部”（Deadline Club Award）奖。他于2002年毕业于哥伦比亚大学，获得环境科学和天文学学士学位，并在该校获得新闻和环境科学硕士学位。在校就读期间，他参加了大学的田径队，并斩获众多奖项。

In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa. At the same time, I began to notice that a training group on my team could consist of five men who run n...(展开全部)

大卫•爱普斯坦（David Epstein） 现在是ProPublica的一名调查记者。他曾是《体育画报》的资深作家，专攻体育新闻和相关的科学问题，曾报道众多体育重大新闻，荣获2010年美国职业记者协会的“最后期限俱乐部”（Deadline Club Award）奖。他于2002年毕业于哥伦比亚大学，获得环境科学和天文学学士学位，并在该校获得新闻和环境科学硕士学位。在校就读期间，他参加了大学的田径队，并斩获众多奖项。

In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether endurance genes might have traveled with them from East Africa. At the same time, I began to notice that a training group on my team could consist of five men who run n...(展开全部)

Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life. In his internationally...(展开全部)

Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands of readers to rethink their beliefs about life. In his internationally...(展开全部)

One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and highly social nature of our species within the social context of our lives. What happened along the evolutionary trail that made humans so unique? In his widely accessible style, Michael Gazzaniga looks to a broad range of studies to pin...(展开全部)

Why are some people worriers, and others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising, and others at controlling? We have something deep and consistent within us that determines the choices we make and the situations we bring about. But why should members of the same species differ so markedly in their natures? What is the best personality to have; a bold one or a shy...(展开全部)